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CREW Files Ethics Complaint against Sen. Kit Bond for Role in Firing of Former U.S. Attorney Todd Graves
WASHINGTON -- Earlier today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ("CREW") filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee against Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-MO) for his role in removing Todd Graves, the former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, from his position. CREW filed its...
Tags: bond, ethics, FINANCE, firing, Investment, Sen., U.S. Senate
Research articles 2008-09-30
Scolari vows to get Anelka firing
LONDON AFP — Luiz Felipe Scolari admits he must find a way to fire-up temperamental striker Nicolas Anelka if Chelsea are to regain the Premier League title. Anelka has all the attributes required to be one of the world's best players but the France international has struggled to fulfil...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Chelsea, firing, Games
Research articles 2008-08-15
Arsenal's odd couple keep Gunners firing
LONDON AFP — Any fears that Arsenal's close-season exodus would leave the Gunners stuck among the Premier League also-rans were dispelled in one bewildering interchange between Robin van Persie and Emmanuel Adebayor. The departures of Alexander Hleb, Mathieu Flamini and Gilberto Silva, as well as Adebayor's flirtations with several...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Arsenal, FINANCE, firing, Games
Research articles 2008-08-04
SpaceX Conducts Full Thrust Firing of Falcon 9 Rocket
Major milestone achieved towards demonstrating U.S. transport to the International Space Station following retirement of the Space Shuttle MCGREGOR, Texas -- Space Exploration Technologies Corp. SpaceX conducted the first nine engine firing of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle at its Texas Test Facility outside McGregor on July 30th. A...
Tags: firing, NASA
Research articles 2008-08-02
SpaceX Conducts Static Test Firing of Next Falcon 1 Rocket
Firing Represents the Final Major Event before Launch to Orbit. HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- Space Exploration Technologies Corp. SpaceX successfully conducted a full launch dress rehearsal and hold down firing of the Falcon 1 Flight 3 vehicle on June 25, 2008 Marshall Island Time on Omelek Island, SpaceX's launch site...
Tags: firing, NASA
Research articles 2008-06-26
Mets GM defends late-night firing
New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya vigorously defended his decision to fire manager Willie Randolph late Monday night, a move that drew harsh rebukes from the New York news media. Minaya, who promoted bench coach Jerry Manuel to manage the rest of the season, said...
Tags: firing, General Motors Corp., team
Research articles 2008-06-18
'No-match' firing ensnares D'Amico group, puts rest of industry on alert
MINNEAPOLIS -- As the industry awaits a court decision on the fate of the White House's effort to use "no-match" letters to crack down on immigration violations, a restaurant company here is embroiled in a dispute with workers who it says were fired for failing to follow orders and address...
Tags: firing, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, worker
Research articles 2008-06-16
SpaceX Conducts First Five Engine Firing of Falcon 9 Rocket
McGREGOR, Texas -- Space Exploration Technologies Corp. SpaceX conducted the first five-engine firing of its Falcon 9 medium to heavy lift rocket at its Texas Test Facility outside McGregor on Thursday, May 29. At full power the engines generated almost half a million pounds of force, and consumed 1,750 lbs...
Tags: firing, NASA
Research articles 2008-06-03
Robben, Sneijder see off Wales in Dutch tune-up
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands AFP — Real Madrid pair Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben scored the goals to give Holland a 2-0 victory over Wales on Sunday in Rotterdam in their final Euro 2008 tune-up. A packed De Kuip stadium saw coach Marco van Basten start out with the side which...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, firing, France, Holland, Italy
Research articles 2008-06-01
Tutu plunges into heart of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
BEIT HANUN, Gaza Strip AFP — Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu on Wednesday plunged into the harsh reality of the conflict in Gaza where a tearful Palestinian family recounted losing loved ones in an Israeli attack and the ruling Hamas movement expounded its hardline stance. The South African cleric,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, civilian, firing, Israel, SECURITY, team
Research articles 2008-05-28
Ochoa wins third consecutive LPGA Sybase title
CLIFTON, New Jersey AFP — World number one Lorena Ochoa of Mexico won her sixth title of the year here Sunday, firing a one-under par 71 to capture the LPGA Sybase Classic for the third year in a row. Two weeks after her four-event LPGA win streak was snapped,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, firing, Sweden, tournament
Research articles 2008-05-18
Gaza militant killed in Israeli air strike: Palestinians
GAZA CITY AFP — A Palestinian man was killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the head of the territory's emergency services said. Witnesses identified the dead man as a Hamas gunman, and said the air strike targeted a group of militants firing rockets...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, firing, strike
Research articles 2008-05-13
13 killed as fighting rages in Baghdad
BAGHDAD AFP — US and Iraqi forces killed 13 people in firefights and airstrikes overnight in eastern Baghdad where security forces have been battling Shiite militiamen for a week, the military said Saturday. Among those killed, a US military statement said, were two snipers, two "criminals" firing rocket-propelled grenades,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Baghdad, firing
Research articles 2008-04-11
Bees swarm Mexican police in reverse sting operation
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico AFP — About 100 police officers in southeastern Mexico were forced to bolt from an open-air firing range when they were attacked -- and stung -- by swarming Africanized bees, officials said Tuesday. Some 70 officers were stung and wounded, including three seriously, during the attack...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, firing, Mexico, officer
Research articles 2008-04-09
Aussie Millar grabs share of Andalucian Open lead
MARBELLA, Spain AFP — Australia's Matthew Millar grabbed a share of the second round lead at the Andalucian Open here on Friday after firing a three under par 69. Millar, eight under for the tournament, tops the leaderboard with Sweden's Peter Hedblom with the duo one shot ahead of...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, firing, Sweden, tournament
Research articles 2008-03-28
Marine faces first trial in Haditha killings
LOS ANGELES AFP — A US Marine faces a court martial here Thursday in the long-awaited first trial of soldiers involved in the killing of 24 Iraqis in the town of Haditha three years ago. Lance corporal Stephen Tatum, 27, is accused of killing two sisters aged five and...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, firing, soldier
Research articles 2008-03-26
Detroit mayor faces charges in sex scandal
DETROIT, Michigan AFP — In the latest sex scandal to rock US politics, the mayor of Detroit was indicted Monday for lying under oath about an affair with his chief of staff and firing a police officer investigating reports of a wild party at the mayor's mansion. The charges...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Detroit, firing, officer
Research articles 2008-03-24
Israeli soldiers get new firing rules to prevent hostage-taking
JERUSALEM AFP — Israeli troops stationed near the Gaza Strip have been told they must fire on any Palestinian seeking to capture a soldier, even if it puts the potential hostage at risk, public radio reported on Thursday. The commander of a reservist unit deployed along the Gaza Strip...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, firing, MARKETING, soldier, troop
Research articles 2008-03-20
2 sued in firing of U.S. attorneys
WASHINGTON -- The House Judiciary Committee sued former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten on Monday, setting up a constitutional clash over the Bush administration's refusal to provide testimony and documents about the firing of U.S. attorneys. The lawsuit says Miers...
Tags: administration, attorney, firing, lawsuit, president, Republican, U.S. Congress, White House
Research articles 2008-03-11
INTERNET : PAEDOPHILES BACK IN THE FIRING LINE.
Combating illegal content is no longer enough to protect children using the internet or other technologies. The problem must be tackled at the source: contact made by paedophiles grooming and cyber bullying' which children are subject to before becoming victims of sexual abuse which is...
Tags: European Commission, firing, INTERNET
Research articles 2008-03-03
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